Summary:
Zip code 97007 is home to 10 schools — eight elementary, one middle, and one high school — serving about 5,932 students, with nine in Beaverton School District 48J (ranked 19th of 141 districts in Oregon) and one in Hillsboro School District 1J (69th of 141).
The academic range here is unusually wide. Scholls Heights Elementary School is the clear standout, with 5 stars, a 94th percentile rank, and the highest ELA (69.4%) and math (66.5%) proficiency in the area. Sexton Mountain Elementary School combines strong results with the lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.0%, and Errol Hassell Elementary School posts the top science score (56.5%) despite the highest free/reduced lunch rate (69.76%). Mountainside High School graduates 93.5% of students. Six of the ten schools beat state averages in all three subjects, but only Scholls Heights and Sexton Mountain beat district averages in all three. At the other end, Mountain View Middle School ranks in the 14th percentile with 1 star, the highest absenteeism (38.5%), and proficiency of 28.1% in ELA, 16.3% in math, and 9.5% in science. Butternut Creek Elementary School and Hazeldale Elementary School also fall below state averages in all subjects.
Two patterns are worth noting. First, poverty does not predict outcomes: every school has a majority free/reduced lunch population, yet the two highest-FRL schools outperform district averages, while Mountain View has a lower FRL rate and the lowest scores. Second, spending and class size do not guarantee results — Chehalem Elementary School has the highest per-student spending ($23,763) and smallest classes (13.6 ratio) but sits below district averages. Middle school is a clear intervention point, and momentum varies: Errol Hassell rose from the 66th to 79th percentile, while Cooper Mountain and Hazeldale slipped.
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